Screed.



Patented Apr. 9, 1918.

J. KAHN.

SCREED.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 12, m7.

nnrrnn terns arena? JULIUS KAHN, OF YOUNGSTONN, OHIO, ASSIGNOR T0 TRUSSED C(JNCRETE STEEL COM PANY, OF DETROIT, ll IICHIGAN, A

CORPORATION 03 MICHIGAN.

SCREED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 12, 1917. 7 Serial No. 154,111.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, Jones Karin, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Youngstown, in the county of Mahoning and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Screed, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for securing moldings, beams or machinery to walls of masonry or other hard solid material, and its object is to provide devices which may be quickly and easily attached to an otherwise impenetrable wall and into which nails or screws may be driven to secure the moldings, beams, machines or other objects in position.

This invention consists of a comparatively thin block of wood, preferably rectangular and with beveled edges, and wires extending across one side and opposite edges of the block and then outwardly in substantially the same plane as the other side of the block.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a plan of this improved screed. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of the same when attached to a wall. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. dis a perspective view of a modified form of screed.

Similar reference characters refer to like parts throughout the several views.

The device shown in the drawings is 111 tended to be secured to walls of masonry by means of plaster of Paris, mortar or similar quick-setting material, and is adapted to receive and retain the nails by means of which moldings, machinery or other devices may be secured to the walls. portion of the screeds will be small blocks of wood, fiber board or other material which will receive and hold nails. The screeds used for a particular piece of work will preferably all be of the same thickness and their outer faces will be grooved in order to receive the transverse wires 2 and 3. The ends of these wires may be formed into loops 4 of any desired shape and size, while small staples 5 may be employed to hold these wires in the grooves. The number of wires in each set may be varied as desired and one of the sets may be omitted. The

The body 1 plane of edges of these blocks 1 are preferably beveled as shown in the drawings so that the bases 6 will have greater areas tian the tops 7. The wires 2 and 3 will be bent back so as to extend along the edges 8 and 9 of these blocks and then outwardly so that the loops 1 will be in substantially the same plane as the bases 6 of the blocks.

lVhen these devices are to be put to use, they will be secured to the wall by means of small amounts or. dabs 9 of plaster of Paris or other good cementitious material. Vlhere these screeds are intended to support beams or moldings 10, they shouldbe placed in alinement so that the nails 11, by means of which the moldings are held in place, may be driven into the blocks. After the screeds are in place the plaster 13 may be applied to the wall 1d and thus firmly hold the screeds in position.

' Instead of individual wires 2 and 3, small squares 15 of wire netting may be employed by first pressing out the central portions of these squares in a manner to fit the blocks 16. As these wires will be small it will not be necessary to groove the blocks 16. These squares of ire netting, together with the blocks embraced by them, will be secured to the walls in the same manner as the screeds just described, and afterward the plaster 13 will be brought up flush with the outer face of the blocks.

I claim 1. A device for securing moldings and other articles to walls comprising a block of wood and two series of wires crossing each other and the front face of the block and extending across the ct ges of the block and then extending out in substantially the the back face of the block, said deice adapted to be cemented to the wall and be embedded its entire thickness in the plastic covering of the walls.

2. A. device for securing moldings and other articles to walls comprising a block of wood and two series of wires crossing each other and the front face of the block.

and extending across the edges Or the lock and then extending out in substantially the plane of the back face of the block, said device adapted to be cemented to the wall and Patented Apr. a, rare.

be embedded its entire thickness in the plasof Wires in said grooves and bent to extend tic covering of the Walls and a plastic maacross the edges of said block and then out 10 terial to secure the device to the Wall. away from the block in substantially the 3. A device for securing moldings and plane of the back face of theiblock, said de- 5 other articles to Walls comprising a block vice adapted to be embedded in the plastic,

of Wood having parallel front and back covering of the Walls. V i faces and having two sets of grooves crossing each other in the front face, two series I 1 JULIUS KAI-IN.

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